Adventure fiction: Westerns Books

SADDLE UP FOR A ROUGH RIDE IN THE WILD WEST. Bad luck has driven half-breed Yakima Henry and Sheriff Jack Kelly into the town of Dead River during a severe mountain winter.  Yakima must weather a killer who's hell-bent on making...

He thought it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but little did he know he would face unbelievable loss and tragedy before they reached their destination.  An attack by a war party of Pawnee was costly and resulted in the loss of many lives. But...

VENGEANCE IS CALLING... When Will Simpson decides to turn outlaw, he does it up right! Robbing trains will bring him the fame and wealth he craves-and will also ensure he'll end up with the girl he loves. But his first train robbery goes awry and he...

Texas-1859As the Rio Grande Valley reels from the onslaught of Cortina's Mexican insurgents, a Tejano named Cardoza lays siege to a prominent rancho. Ranger Lin Jarret takes the assignment to ride to the defense, and he's ready to fight the devil, not...

HAS THE TRAGEDY BETWEEN TWO LOVERS OPENED A GATEWAY FROM THE PAST?A young waitress vanishes after work in the popular tourist town of Tombstone - she's not the first and she won't be the last to disappear without a trace from the dusty Old West streets...

The unbelievable had happened. A series of brutal killings of ranchers and sodbusters had rocked the range. And the killings pointed damningly at the peaceful Lipan Indian tribe. As the anger of the ranchers rose and the Indians prepared to defend...

Western master, B.N. Rundell, brings book thirteen in the best selling Rocky Mountain Saint series.The civil war is raging across the east and south of the states, and when the confederates move north from Texas, Kit Carson sends for Tate Saint.But when...

A MURDERED LAWMAN AND A FRONTIER TOWN WITH A DEADLY SECRET…Sheriff Ben Stillman knows that every lawman could face sudden death. But that doesn't ease his anger over Marshal Charlie Boomhauer's brutal murder. And ol’ Charlie's...

Tenderfoot Harrison Wilke wondered about the three men: heavily armed, avoiding the town, carrying gold coin in their saddlebags. Alert. Surly. Arrogant. Robbers, Harrison concluded; they must have robbed a bank or a train.   Harrison thought...

It's Easy to be Brave from a Safe Distance.When Zekial Broome stops a sadistic slave chaser, Grissum McCord, from whipping his captive, he and the girl have no choice but to flee west into the untamed lands of the wild frontier. If they can make it...

Josiah Pike, a captive of the Lakota, Sioux, came into manhood the hard way…a slave, an outcast, a young man constantly tested…who finally proved himself as a warrior among a people being driven and overwhelmed by a force they didn't...

The second of three books collecting the Silver Trent short stories that appeared in Star Western following the cancellation of The Western Raider. Includes "The Gun-Prayer of Silver Trent," "The Secret of Torture Ranch," and "One Last Raid For Trent's...

Grant's Station is the short story of a man lost within this world, as well as the spiritual. A tent sitting outside of a small Texas town and his willingness to accept a higher calling cause Jon to search for a place to call home. This search will lead...

In the year 1925, Farmer Trevor follows his heart and embarks on the perilous journey of a lifetime. Farmer, his pregnant wife, Emile, and their two young sons travel by chuck wagon from their rural Texas farm to their new land in Oregon. The age of the...

A bloody gun feud between rival freight haulers threatened to rip apart the peace and quiet of Sanderson, Texas until Walt Slade -- the undercover Texas Ranger -- compelled law and order. But each side accused the other of murder as a brutal series of...

The story takes place in the early 1880's in the Arizona Territories with two old friends that grew up together since childhood. Jack and Coors get together a few times a year to take off on one of their wild adventures. This story is about one of their...

A young girl cherishes the time spent with her father. Kallie is no exception. Daddy's Little Squirrel, pays tribute to the special relationship between a father and daughter. The duo's adventures are never dull, and are always made possible from the...

Sound wilderness principles lose out to economics in the course of a romantic adventure.

Soulless Drifter is the story of Lucas Alaister, a gunman on a quest for revenge. After both his parents were killed by renegade troopers and his sister was kidnapped, young Lucas grows into the vengeful gunslinger known by many as "The Drifter."He...

June, 1775 found Fort Bennett on the Ohio River under heavy attack by a combined force of British soldiers and various Indian tribes. After the battle raged 5 days, the Fort was defeated and about 150 settlers were massacred. When the U.S. Government...

The Jordans are en route from Arizona to Texas to take over the Flying W ranch inherited by Mary-Lou (Ma) Jordan. John is checking out the trail. Hardy is already at the Flying W and is struggling to bring order out of chaos. The family, complete with...

As a teenager in southeast Texas in 1946, Wes was able to participate in a small cattle drive riding his dad's mule, Jackson. Thus began a journey that would continue the rest of his life, as he grew and matured buying, selling and training mules and...

John Duncklee's short stories are about men and women from the Spanish Colonial era to the twentieth-century American West. Men in "The Developers" and "Padre Mirandi" face similar problems, although they live centuries apart. Each suffers from human...

The year is 1856, only a few days before William Upshur's tenth Birthday, and was the day the Upshur farm was raided and his family brutally murdered. He was sole survivor of a planned massacre that left him with nothing but his memories, and troubled...

Follow Jake Gage who was forced to leave home at fifteen and was trying to find work in Houston, San Antonio and Uvalde. He worked as a stage coach shotgun guard and as a ranch hand all of the while eluding an enemy of his family who blamed his family...

Gene Autry and the Ghost Riders is a novel featuring the famous singing cowboy, Gene Autry, as he encounters the the mysterious Ghost Riders. A classic western novel, originally published in 1955. [Facsimile Reprint Edition]

This volume reprints a rare 1920 western novel, Arizona Argonauts, by the self-proclaimed "King of the Pulps," H. Bedford-Jones -- who was one of the most prolific pulp magazine writers of all time.

The Western Boy: Or Tom, The Bootblack is a novel written by Horatio Alger and published in 1900. The story revolves around the life of Tom, a young boy who works as a bootblack in the streets of New York City. Despite his lowly status, Tom is determined...

Roughriders Of The Pampas: A Tale Of Ranch Life In South America is a novel written by Frederick Sadleir Brereton in 1908. The story takes place in the vast and wild plains of South America, where the main character, Jack Hammond, travels to work as a...

This novel chronicles through the passages of time the events of the prestigious LeMat revolver and the fortunes of its ill-fated owners. From the killing machines presentation to General Vandehoff in 1864, the story details bloody gruesome accounts...

The Outlaw is a ruthless killer haunted by the souls of his victims.Devoid of all life's pleasures he resigns himself to the noose of the lawmakers until an unexpected encounter with a stranger rekindles his passion to survive and avoid the grave...

Sheriff Clay Wilson is thrilled to see his long lost childhood friend, Katherine Miller, return to Wishbone Texas. But Katherine isn't there to stay. She'll follow the instructions in her uncle's will but then she's selling up and leaving to try and...

How far will he take his quest for vengeance?Owen Lockart will track down and kill the man who murdered his three brothers and left him to die in the Colorado wilderness. And no one will get in his way.Sally Reiner doesn't know a stranger. She thinks...

Nach dem Sezessionskrieg treiben sich in Wyoming eine Menge versprengter Outlaws aus Alabama herum. Blackjack McKinneon und sein Bruder Frank sind Anführer einer Bande von ruchlosen Mördern und Banditen. Sie kommen in die friedliche Stadt Jackson und...

This thought jolted the mind and future of Lizzie McDonough, when a heartbreaking tragedy shattered her life and her hometown of Colton in the Idaho territory. Her world in disarray, Lizzie is driven on a epic journey to find justice in a land of chaos...

A collection of twelve simple, yet engaging short stories in two very different genres: There is a suite of six interconnected western stories.  Then there are six stories of the holiday season that are sure to leave the reader feeling good.

In a small corrupt settlement in the Wild West, the tumbleweeds are the only prospect of authenticity until a retired bronc buster named Alonzo Bill rides into town. A lifelong cynic of the supernatural, he takes advantage of others' fears of the unknown...

This epic journey is his only chance to redeem his mistakes.Chogan should've seen it coming when his tribe cast him out. He may look like a Blackfoot brave, but he refuses to act like one ever again-especially when it means kidnapping or killing innocent...

A young adventurous tomboy takes on life in the untamed Arizona Territory. Her exploits shape her into whom she will become...a woman, highly respected in gold mining and cowboying.Early on she meets the man who would become the center of her life and...

This epic journey will test his ability to protect his children-and they're all he has left.Missionary Elise Lane returns with her team to the Rocky Mountain native tribe they serve to discover the entire village-including the children she's come to...

When the town librarian saves a handsome lieutenant from walking while reading a book, it's clear from the flashing hazard signs that these two are destined to fall accidentally in love.Newly retired Lieutenant Luke Jackson needs to finish his latest...

When a wealthy debutante gets caught in a compromising position with a charming soldier, only a fake engagement can save their reputations!The only way that heiress Honey Dumasse will get out from under her father's oppressive thumb is a proposal from...

She yearns to sing a new tune. He wants to mute the past. Can a secret baby bring them into harmony.Xavier Ramos was always a smooth talker. As an army communications specialist, his gift of gab loosened the lips of informants and helped gain needed...

An ex model struggling to lose the weight. A wounded veteran on a mission to gain her heart. Will they find a balance before time runs out?Reed Cannon may be a numbers guy but being minus one arm due to enemy fire hasn't slowed him down. Now he's faced...

He's a sergeant used to giving the orders. She's a female politician determined to call the shots. To cut through bureaucratic tape, they pretend they're in a relationship...but they just might stay stuck together!Ginger Dumasse loves the community that...

His duty was to deliver heartbreaking news, but when he heard her song it brought him back to life. Corporal Brandon Lucas has one goal, tell the family of his brother in arms that their son won't be coming home. Survivor's guilt has been keeping...